The fans have been baying for a new Crash Bandicoot title since the dawn of the PS4. Naughty Dog have been cruel in their teasing and lack of deliverance, however there’s a somewhat sarcastic nod to these requests in the form of an Uncharted 4 scene. Not so much an easter egg, more a really cool piece of gameplay, you could argue that the following maybe contains spoilers.
Within the game is a fully playable level of Crash Bandicoot. You have three attempts at the game to beat Elena’s score before she taunts you at attempting to encroach on her ‘TV-game thing’. The set up is even contained in a PlayStation console, and proves a jumping board for some pretty hilarious Drake dialogue.
In true teasing style, Naughty Dog’s Bruce Strayley got everyone’s hopes up and then quickly dashed them last year with this statement:
“Well, there’s actually been a conversation about if it were at all possible – which it’s not, let me emphasize – but we wanted to put a Crash Bandicoot game inside. Not gonna happen, though. Don’t worry.”
Just for proof, here’s some screen grabs.
Never played Crash before, but happy for all the Crash fans out there. Hope this will make Sony realize there’s still a market for Crash.
Rest assured, the market for Crash will make sure Sony know they still exist!!